FPC Home FPC Home About Us Media Co-Ops Briefings Reporting Tours Credentials & Visas Contact Us 2021–2025 Archive HomeBureaus & Offices > Bureau of Global Public Affairs ...Foreign Press Centers hide Foreign Press Centers 2021-2025 Archive Our Mission The Foreign Press Centers support the Department's mission by deepening global understanding of U.S. policy, society, culture, and values through engagement with foreign media. The United States Department of State has Foreign Press Centers in Washington, D.C. and in New York, New York. We promote the depth, accuracy, and balance of foreign reporting from the U.S. by providing direct access to authoritative American information sources. Follow Us: Facebook Twitter Flickr YouTube Recent Programs Media Credentials and Visa Information Media Credentials The United States has no central office (e.g. Ministry of Information) responsible for issuing of media credentials. In general, media credentialing is administered by the respective press and/or media relations office of the host agency and/or organization. Foreign Press Center (FPC) Media Relations Officers will do their best to collect helpful information and […] February 19, 2025 Strategic Deterrence and the U.S. Air Force Bomber Force January 30, 2025 IBM and The Future of Computing Media Co-ops – Foreign Press Centers See All Key Offerings Media Co-Ops Briefings Reporting Tours Credentialing Media Co-Ops Media Co-Ops provide a small team of broadcasters – typically a reporter and a cameraperson – an opportunity to report on the United States from the United States. Developed through their local U.S. embassies on topics of mutual interest, these co-ops enable broadcasters to travel throughout the country to interview the policymakers, activists, professionals and everyday citizens that will help them tell our story through their lens. Learn More Media Co-Ops Briefings Every year, the Foreign Press Centers host dozens of experts from the private, public, and academic sector for on-the-record briefings on a variety of relevant topics. Read transcripts, watch videos and see photos from past briefings at the Foreign Press Centers. Learn More Briefings Reporting Tours The Foreign Press Centers work to promote accuracy, objectivity, and balance in foreign media coverage of issues of strategic importance to the United States. We engage directly with foreign media to advance U.S. foreign policy priorities by providing them with direct access to authoritative sources of information. Learn More Reporting Tours Credentialing The Foreign Press Center (FPC) issues its own press credential that is recognized by various organizations in the area and allows access to FPC facilities and services in Washington, DC and New York, NY. The FPC credential is typically valid for three years and renewable at the end of that period for members of the media on continuing assignment in the United States. Learn More Credentialing
